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Fond founder (acquired by Edenred), YC W12, prolific angel in 170+ startups
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GTM / Distribution · 43th percentile
- fond.co ranks #271,815 on the Majestic Million (global domain prominence).
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Founder score
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)207,873 LinkedIn followers — broad professional reach.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)fond.co ranks #271,815 on the Majestic Million (global domain prominence).
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Y Combinator W12 alum with Fond.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Past founder of Fond, which was acquired by Edenred.
- 70%Probability of being accurate (70%)Fond had co-founders during its YC W12 era.
Investor score
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Angel investor in 170+ startups across the U.S. and Japan.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Portfolio unicorn: SmartHR (Japan HR SaaS, $200M+ ARR, backed by Sequoia Heritage, Lightspeed, KKR).
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Marquee angel investor recognized across U.S. and Japan startup ecosystems.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Board director at SmartHR since 2023 (advisor since 2017).
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Actively investing since 2017.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Notable portfolio companies include Ramp, Flexport, Navan, Boom, Browser Use, Mastra, Magic Patterns, and Didit.
What you likely need
You're a rare bridge between the U.S. and Japan startup ecosystems: a YC W12 founder with an acquisition under your belt and a portfolio of 170+ angels including SmartHR, Ramp, and Browser Use. The most valuable Festival events for you right now are small, high-signal rooms with active AI-infra founders looking for early checks and other cross-border operator-investors. Prioritize gatherings that deepen your U.S.–Japan deal flow and connect you to fellow YC-alum angels backing the current agentic-AI wave.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- introsA YC-alum angel investor dinner to trade notes on P26/X25 batches with other active checkwriters.
- introsA U.S.–Japan cross-border founders dinner to source deals like SmartHR and share expansion playbooks.
- tacticalAn agentic-AI infra roundtable with founders of Mastra, Browser Use, and Blaxel to pressure-test the next round of infra bets.
- tacticalA board-directors-of-unicorns roundtable focused on scaling past $200M ARR, drawing on your SmartHR experience.
- wellbeingA post-exit founders' happy hour with other acquired-company CEOs now investing full-time.
- positioningAn HR-tech operators workshop connecting Fond/SmartHR alumni with next-gen people-ops founders.
- fundraisingA dinner with Japan-based LPs and family offices interested in co-investing alongside your U.S. deal flow.
- tacticalA syndicate-lead night with other 100+ deal angels to compare allocation strategy and deal sourcing.